The meaning of “קֵן”
Understanding qên reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
contracted from קָנַן nest, room. - a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings - figuratively, a chamber or dw...
קֵן
contracted from קָנַן nest, room. - a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings - figuratively, a chamber or dwelling 1) nest 1a) nest (of bird) 1b) cells (like nests in Noah's ark)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 6:14 | “Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch.” Word: קֵן (qên) | |
| Deuteronomy 32:11 | “As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:” Word: קֵן (qên) | |
| Psalms 84:3 | “Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.” Word: קֵן (qên) | |
| Isaiah 16:2 | “For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.” Word: קֵן (qên) | |
| Obadiah 1:4 | “Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.” Word: קֵן (qên) |
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